Ko Ngati Kahungungu te iwi Ko Jackson toku papa Ko Alex toku mama Ko Jessie taku tuahine Ko Cairo raua Ko Ngahau taku tungane Ko Heretaunga toku kainga Ko Riverslea toku kura Ko Te Harmony taku ingoa No reira tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa
My Goals 2016
Feb
Mar
Term 3 (Extended in Term 4)
Term 4 2016
Term 4 was full of learning and activities.We had lots of things going on at Riverslea and around. We had an awesome Duffy Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger and Peter Charlton Jones. We also had the School Cross Country and also did lots of Play based learning to try to learn to share and cooperate and work together. We went to the A and P Show as well as visited Barnadoes Preschool and the Riverslea Community Preschool, who also visited us. We loved Skipping and Jump Rope for Heart. The trip to Napier and the Aquarium was fun. We had the School Prizegiving and made up our own song “The 12 Days of Riverslea Christmas”\ We are all looking forward to Xmas and Next year (Mrs B )
I have reached my goal for Reading and have gone up 7 levels in reading this year. I am at Level 7 which is at National Standard. I am at Stage 2 Maths which is at National Standard and have gone up from Stage 1 to the end of Stage 2 this year. I have also gone up a level in Writing and am just at National Standard. Harmony
August/Sept
We are still learning and being involved in lots of activities. Our Inquiry has been about the Rio Olympics 2016. We learnt a lot about different countries and different sports. We each had our own country at the Olympics. Harmony’s country USA came first with the most medals. They got 116 medals ( 43gold, 37 silver, 36 bronze). Te Orihana came 2nd with Great Britain who got 66 medals. Kadyn had NZ who got 18 medals (4gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze). We also watched some of the ParaOlympics which made the students aware of different disabilities and how people use ways to overcome them to win medals eg Blind cyclists and runners and swimmers with only 1 leg. We had our own school Olympics which the students loved. They also got medals. Participation for the tabloids and Gold, Silver ,Bronze for the age races. It was well supported by whanau. All students have made great progress, some being a year above in Reading and 6 months above in Writing and Maths. This term Room 1 has also been involved in a NZ wide programme for Junior classes called #NZReadAloud. We connect with other classes around NZ (10 in all) from Auckland to Dunedin and share our ideas, art work, writing etc on a blog. It is all related to a common chosen book that we are all reading to our class. It is called A Booming in the Night By Ben Brown , a NZ author. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games. This Term we are learning about Cooperation (Whanaungatanga) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass. We have had ‘Getting started’ again T3 with a council funded programme on fitness and coordination skills. We have had Whaea Toni and Matua Julian this term. Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday has continued. Some of us go and read to them for 15 minutes each. They help sponser our Duffy books. We had a Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger (storyteller) and Peter Charlton-Jones (musician) and got our Duffy books for the Term.We also had 2 Role Models form Karamu High come to talk to use about being leaders. We were lucky to have Mr Kevin a Preschool Teacher volunteer time 2 days a week for most of the term. He fixed all of our school bikes for us. The children are loving being out on the bike track again. Whaea Monique (Student Teacher from last year) also volunteers in the classes 2 days a week. It is great to have her skills and empathy with the students. Another highlight for the students was a visit from 2 Magpies Chris Eaton and Matt Garland. They talked to the students about being role models and then took them for games. They loved the Touch Rugby. It has been another awesome term for Miharo (Room1).
I love riding on the Bike Track and Getting Started activities.
Fun at the School Olympics and playing Touch Rugby with the Magpies.
I love the tile I made in Nga Toi
Its been fun doing lots of things at school. I have gone up another 2 levels in Reading (Level 6) . I still love Reading.I learn my spelling every week. I am getting really good at Maths now too.I am on Stage 2 now. I liked the Magpies and the Duffy Assembly and the School Olympics (Harmony)
Harmony has been making some good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. She is a steady reader and is still developing her word solving skills and comprehension skills well. She is continuing to make steady progress in Maths and Writing. She enjoys and joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom. She likes using Reading apps on the ipads. Next we want to continue to further extend her Reading progress. She is at National Standard and is progressing steadily. Our goal is still to make accelerated progress and move her more quickly through the levels.. Also to consolidate and extend her written language skills. She is beginning to write 2 sentences but still needs teacher direction/assistance/ encouragement In Maths we are aiming to reach Stage 3 by the end of the year. She is working well at Stage 2, using her fingers to count and doing addition up to 12. (Mrs B)
June/July
June and July were also busy months with 2 weeks holiday in July for the end of Term 2. We are all still making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry. Some students have gone up several levels in Reading and they, and others, moved up stages in Maths and Writing as well. In Inquiry we are learning about the Olympic Games in Rio in Term 3. We loved our Inquiry about Flight and learnt a lot. We always have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings. We have fun finding out the information. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky. We also have Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. We just had a Duffy Theatre performance about Time Travel and got our Duffy books for the Term. It was great fun. We also had lots of learning with our class buddies and our school buddies too. We had Irene Van Dyke a famous NZ Netballer come to speak to us. She was very tall (6ft 3 inches). She gave us all a bag from Netball Hawkes Bay and some balls for our PE gear. Paora came from the Council to help us set up a new worm garden. We got to hold the worms. They were slimy. We also had Todd and Nathan from the Army come and teach us how to march and do push ups. We are Miharo too.We are awesome
Working with my school buddy Ebony
Working class on Literacy on the SkoolBo app on the ipads.
I like all the things we do at school. I have gone up another level in Reading (Level 4) and I am going on Level 5 soon. I still love Reading.I am getting really good at reading some words now. I am getting good at adding in Maths now too. I can count numbers with counters.I am on Stage 1 and nearly on Stage 2. I like learning on the ipads.I have got lots of points for getting words right. (Harmony)
Harmony has been making some good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. She is a steady reader and is developing her word recognition skills She goes to a Teacher's aide (Mrs Donaldson) for alphabet skills. She will be next to go on the Early words programme She is also making steady progress in Maths. She has gone up a level in Maths and is just starting Stage 2 mainly. She enjoys and joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom. She likes using Literacy apps on the ipads. Next we want to further extend her Reading progress. Our goal is to make accelerated progress so that she stays at National Standard level which she is just achieving. Also to consolidate and extend her written language skills. She just at National Standard and needs to develop more self confidence in this area and work more independently. In Maths to mid Stage 2 by the end of T3. (Mrs B)
April/May
We are all making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry too. In Inquiry we are learning about Flight and how it effects people, animals and insects. We have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings. They are up on our Inquiry wall for everyone to keep looking at and thinking about. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games. This Term we are learning about Resilience (Taikaha) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass. We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins. We are learning lots of waiata. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each still. They help sponser our Duffy books. We had a Role Model Assembly and got our Duffy books for the Term. We also had a visit from Harold and the Life Education Truck with Whaea Anne. We all like Harold. We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Reading games.Learning to write words.
Showing Whaea Tam where the lungs are on Tam. Learning Time on the ipad
Getting an Assembly award for showing school Values.
My sister Jessie did too.
We do lots of learning at school. I have gone up another level in Reading and I am on Level 3 now I like Reading and I'm getting good at it. I am getting good at Maths too.We have been learning about Time. I like using the ipads for learning. I like Kapa Haka too. (Harmony)
I have been encouraging Harmony in Reading and she is making good progress. She is also making good progress in Maths too and trying harder in Writing. We will continue to extend this progress in all areas. Harmony is still quiet and shy but participating more in class now . (Mrs B)
March
We had an amazing March. Lots of learning and exciting activities. We even re-wrote our Goals as many students had already achieved them in one month. We continued with Getting Started ( Fitness /coordination programme), Kiwi Can (social skills & games), Patu(Maori fitness & sports programme) Grandparent’s reading(Rotary),Kapa Haka(Junior & Senior) and even found time to have a Dress up day as Heroes or Heroines. The students in Room 1 are loving learning and making great progress. We are Miharo.We rock. We show Aroha, Kaha and Mana.
Principal's Award at Assembly. Kapa Haka
Dress Up Day. Getting Started
I like school I like being in Room 1. I have just started school. I am getting good at Maths.I can count and use counters to help me add up with my buddy or Mrs Bennett. I do Reading and Writing with Mrs Bennett too. I liked dressing up as a cat.I liked getting a Principal's certificate too. (Harmony)
Harmony is a New Entrant and has been at Riverslea since February. She settled down quickly and enjoys learning. She has made a good start in her Reading,Writing and Maths. I will continue to give her lots of encouragement and praise to build up her self confidence in learning. She can be shy and hesitant occasionally to try new things. I will encourage and support her to progress well in all areas. (Mrs B)
February
February 2016. What a fabulous start to 2016. Room 1, (Miharo-because we are awesome), started learning straight away. No-one had forgotten their Reading and all came back to school at the same level. Two groups have moved up to the next level in just 3 weeks. We are all awesome at Maths and Story-writing and Inquiry too. In Inquiry we are learning about, “What Fairy Tales can teach us. "We love learning about all the stories and doing some of them with finger puppets. We are retelling them to our buddies or the class. We even did a play to the rest of the school with the finger puppets on Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, as well as a wall story. On Tuesdays we have Matua Jackson from Patu come and visit us. He takes us for Fitness and games for 40 minutes. We also have Getting Started again with Whaea Toni for ½ hour every Wed afternoon and Fri morning for ½ hour. We learn co-ordination and fitness. We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins. On Wednesday morning we have Kiwi Can with Whaea Adele and Matua Rocky for ½ hour. We learn about Respect for ourselves, others and property. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each. They help sponser our Duffy books. We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Patu (Fitness) with Matua Jackson. Kiwi Can with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky
Getting Started with Whaea Toni
Our Inquiry on Fairy Tales. Harmony as a butterfly.
I like everything we are doing at school. I like playing soccer with Matua Jackson. I can run fast now and kick the ball. I think my mask is beautiful. I am a butterfly. I wrote a story about it and Mrs Bennett put it on the wall. I am learning to read and write stories and write my numbers too. (Harmony)
A small class is helping the learning in Reading Maths and Writing as the students are making excellent progress. We started Reading on the 2nd day of Term 1 Harmony has settled very well into school and is beginning to read and point 1 to 1 to words, She can recognise and write her numbers up to 10 and count. She can also write under her dictated story in writing, as well as do a picture plan which she can tell me about. (Mrs B)
Table of Contents
2016
Pepeha
Ko Ngati Kahungungu te iwiKo Jackson toku papa
Ko Alex toku mama
Ko Jessie taku tuahine
Ko Cairo raua Ko Ngahau taku tungane
Ko Heretaunga toku kainga
Ko Riverslea toku kura
Ko Te Harmony taku ingoa
No reira
tena koutou
tena koutou
tena koutou
katoa
My Goals 2016
Feb
Mar
Term 3 (Extended in Term 4)
Term 4 2016
Term 4 was full of learning and activities.We had lots of things going on at Riverslea and around.We had an awesome Duffy Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger and Peter Charlton Jones.
We also had the School Cross Country and also did lots of Play based learning
to try to learn to share and cooperate and work together.
We went to the A and P Show as well as visited Barnadoes Preschool
and the Riverslea Community Preschool, who also visited us.
We loved Skipping and Jump Rope for Heart.
The trip to Napier and the Aquarium was fun.
We had the School Prizegiving and made up our own song “The 12 Days of Riverslea Christmas”\
We are all looking forward to Xmas and Next year
(Mrs B )
I have reached my goal for Reading and have gone up 7 levels in reading this year.
I am at Level 7 which is at National Standard.
I am at Stage 2 Maths which is at National Standard
and have gone up from Stage 1 to the end of Stage 2 this year.
I have also gone up a level in Writing and am just at National Standard.
Harmony
August/Sept
We are still learning and being involved in lots of activities. Our Inquiry has been about the Rio Olympics 2016.We learnt a lot about different countries and different sports. We each had our own country at the Olympics.
Harmony’s country USA came first with the most medals. They got 116 medals ( 43gold, 37 silver, 36 bronze).
Te Orihana came 2nd with Great Britain who got 66 medals. Kadyn had NZ who got 18 medals (4gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze).
We also watched some of the ParaOlympics which made the students aware of different disabilities
and how people use ways to overcome them to win medals eg Blind cyclists and runners and swimmers with only 1 leg.
We had our own school Olympics which the students loved. They also got medals. Participation for the tabloids
and Gold, Silver ,Bronze for the age races. It was well supported by whanau.
All students have made great progress, some being a year above in Reading and 6 months above in Writing and Maths.
This term Room 1 has also been involved in a NZ wide programme for Junior classes called #NZReadAloud.
We connect with other classes around NZ (10 in all) from Auckland to Dunedin and share our ideas, art work,
writing etc on a blog. It is all related to a common chosen book that we are all reading to our class.
It is called A Booming in the Night By Ben Brown , a NZ author.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games.
This Term we are learning about Cooperation (Whanaungatanga) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass.
We have had ‘Getting started’ again T3 with a council funded programme on fitness and coordination skills.
We have had Whaea Toni and Matua Julian this term.
Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday has continued.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 minutes each. They help sponser our Duffy books.
We had a Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger (storyteller) and Peter Charlton-Jones (musician)
and got our Duffy books for the Term.We also had 2 Role Models form Karamu High come to talk to use about being leaders.
We were lucky to have Mr Kevin a Preschool Teacher volunteer time 2 days a week for most of the term.
He fixed all of our school bikes for us. The children are loving being out on the bike track again.
Whaea Monique (Student Teacher from last year) also volunteers in the classes 2 days a week.
It is great to have her skills and empathy with the students.
Another highlight for the students was a visit from 2 Magpies Chris Eaton and Matt Garland.
They talked to the students about being role models and then took them for games.
They loved the Touch Rugby.
It has been another awesome term for Miharo (Room1).
I love riding on the Bike Track and Getting Started activities.
Fun at the School Olympics and playing Touch Rugby with the Magpies.
I love the tile I made in Nga Toi
Its been fun doing lots of things at school.
I have gone up another 2 levels in Reading (Level 6) .
I still love Reading.I learn my spelling every week.
I am getting really good at Maths now too.I am on Stage 2 now.
I liked the Magpies and the Duffy Assembly and the School Olympics
(Harmony)
Harmony has been making some good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
She is a steady reader and is still developing her word solving skills and
comprehension skills well.
She is continuing to make steady progress in Maths and Writing.
She enjoys and joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom.
She likes using Reading apps on the ipads.
Next we want to continue to further extend her Reading progress.
She is at National Standard and is progressing steadily.
Our goal is still to make accelerated progress and move her more quickly through the levels..
Also to consolidate and extend her written language skills. She is beginning to write 2 sentences
but still needs teacher direction/assistance/ encouragement
In Maths we are aiming to reach Stage 3 by the end of the year.
She is working well at Stage 2, using her fingers to count and doing addition up to 12.
(Mrs B)
June/July
June and July were also busy months with 2 weeks holiday in July for the end of Term 2.We are all still making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry.
Some students have gone up several levels in Reading
and they, and others, moved up stages in Maths and Writing as well.
In Inquiry we are learning about the Olympic Games in Rio in Term 3.
We loved our Inquiry about Flight and learnt a lot.
We always have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings.
We have fun finding out the information.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky.
We also have Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
We just had a Duffy Theatre performance about Time Travel and got our Duffy books for the Term. It was great fun.
We also had lots of learning with our class buddies and our school buddies too.
We had Irene Van Dyke a famous NZ Netballer come to speak to us. She was very tall (6ft 3 inches).
She gave us all a bag from Netball Hawkes Bay and some balls for our PE gear.
Paora came from the Council to help us set up a new worm garden. We got to hold the worms. They were slimy.
We also had Todd and Nathan from the Army come and teach us how to march and do push ups.
We are Miharo too.We are awesome
Working with my school buddy Ebony
Working class on Literacy on the SkoolBo app on the ipads.
I like all the things we do at school.
I have gone up another level in Reading (Level 4) and I am going on Level 5 soon.
I still love Reading.I am getting really good at reading some words now.
I am getting good at adding in Maths now too.
I can count numbers with counters.I am on Stage 1 and nearly on Stage 2.
I like learning on the ipads.I have got lots of points for getting words right.
(Harmony)
Harmony has been making some good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
She is a steady reader and is developing her word recognition skills
She goes to a Teacher's aide (Mrs Donaldson) for alphabet skills.
She will be next to go on the Early words programme
She is also making steady progress in Maths.
She has gone up a level in Maths and is just starting Stage 2 mainly.
She enjoys and joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom.
She likes using Literacy apps on the ipads.
Next we want to further extend her Reading progress.
Our goal is to make accelerated progress so that she stays at National Standard level
which she is just achieving.
Also to consolidate and extend her written language skills.
She just at National Standard and needs to develop more self confidence
in this area and work more independently.
In Maths to mid Stage 2 by the end of T3.
(Mrs B)
April/May
We are all making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry too.In Inquiry we are learning about Flight and how it effects people, animals and insects.
We have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings.
They are up on our Inquiry wall for everyone to keep looking at and thinking about.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games.
This Term we are learning about Resilience (Taikaha) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass.
We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins.
We are learning lots of waiata.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each still.
They help sponser our Duffy books.
We had a Role Model Assembly and got our Duffy books for the Term.
We also had a visit from Harold and the Life Education Truck with Whaea Anne.
We all like Harold.
We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Reading games.Learning to write words.
Showing Whaea Tam where the lungs are on Tam. Learning Time on the ipad
Getting an Assembly award for showing school Values.
My sister Jessie did too.
We do lots of learning at school.
I have gone up another level in Reading and I am on Level 3 now
I like Reading and I'm getting good at it.
I am getting good at Maths too.We have been learning about Time.
I like using the ipads for learning.
I like Kapa Haka too. (Harmony)
I have been encouraging Harmony in Reading and she is making good progress.
She is also making good progress in Maths too and trying harder in Writing.
We will continue to extend this progress in all areas.
Harmony is still quiet and shy but participating more in class now .
(Mrs B)
March
We had an amazing March. Lots of learning and exciting activities.We even re-wrote our Goals as many students had already achieved
them in one month.
We continued with Getting Started ( Fitness /coordination programme),
Kiwi Can (social skills & games), Patu(Maori fitness & sports programme)
Grandparent’s reading(Rotary),Kapa Haka(Junior & Senior)
and even found time to have a Dress up day as Heroes or Heroines.
The students in Room 1 are loving learning and making great progress.
We are Miharo.We rock. We show Aroha, Kaha and Mana.
Principal's Award at Assembly. Kapa Haka
Dress Up Day. Getting Started
I like school
I like being in Room 1. I have just started school.
I am getting good at Maths.I can count and use counters to help me add up with my buddy or Mrs Bennett.
I do Reading and Writing with Mrs Bennett too.
I liked dressing up as a cat.I liked getting a Principal's certificate too.
(Harmony)
Harmony is a New Entrant and has been at Riverslea since February.
She settled down quickly and enjoys learning. She has made a good start in her Reading,Writing and Maths.
I will continue to give her lots of encouragement and praise to build up her self confidence in learning.
She can be shy and hesitant occasionally to try new things.
I will encourage and support her to progress well in all areas.
(Mrs B)
February
February 2016.What a fabulous start to 2016. Room 1, (Miharo-because we are awesome),
started learning straight away.
No-one had forgotten their Reading and all came back to school at the same level.
Two groups have moved up to the next level in just 3 weeks.
We are all awesome at Maths and Story-writing and Inquiry too.
In Inquiry we are learning about, “What Fairy Tales can teach us.
"We love learning about all the stories and doing some of them with finger puppets.
We are retelling them to our buddies or the class.
We even did a play to the rest of the school with the finger puppets on
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, as well as a wall story.
On Tuesdays we have Matua Jackson from Patu come and visit us.
He takes us for Fitness and games for 40 minutes.
We also have Getting Started again with Whaea Toni for ½ hour
every Wed afternoon and Fri morning for ½ hour.
We learn co-ordination and fitness.
We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins.
On Wednesday morning we have Kiwi Can with Whaea Adele and Matua Rocky for ½ hour.
We learn about Respect for ourselves, others and property.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each. They help sponser our Duffy books.
We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Patu (Fitness) with Matua Jackson. Kiwi Can with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky
Getting Started with Whaea Toni
Our Inquiry on Fairy Tales. Harmony as a butterfly.
I like everything we are doing at school.
I like playing soccer with Matua Jackson.
I can run fast now and kick the ball.
I think my mask is beautiful. I am a butterfly.
I wrote a story about it and Mrs Bennett put it on the wall.
I am learning to read and write stories and write my numbers too. (Harmony)
A small class is helping the learning in Reading Maths and Writing
as the students are making excellent progress.
We started Reading on the 2nd day of Term 1
Harmony has settled very well into school and is beginning to read and point 1 to 1 to words,
She can recognise and write her numbers up to 10 and count.
She can also write under her dictated story in writing,
as well as do a picture plan which she can tell me about.
(Mrs B)